Merenica L. Banks-Miller

Merenica L. Banks-Miller serves as a Procurement Technician with the USDA Forest Service – Spoc East, supporting the agency’s mission to maintain and modernize critical infrastructure across federal forest lands. In this role, she facilitates the acquisition of technical, environmental, and construction-related services essential to ecosystem conservation and operational resilience. Her responsibilities include preparing solicitation documents, evaluating vendor proposals, ensuring regulatory compliance, and coordinating with program managers to align contracting actions with strategic priorities such as facility rehabilitation and environmental management. She primarily handles service-based acquisitions under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, with a focus on supporting forestry operations through efficient and compliant procurement practices. While specific contractor names are not available, Banks-Miller maintains consistent working relationships with a diverse pool of vendors, including small businesses, technical consultants, and construction firms experienced in federal forest land operations. Her procurement patterns reflect collaboration with contractors possessing specialized expertise in forestry support, surveying, and environmental compliance, fostering reliable partnerships that ensure mission-critical services are delivered with technical precision and regulatory adherence. Banks-Miller demonstrates a strong commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with over one-third of her acquisitions designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5 and nearly one-tenth allocated to HUBZone concerns. Her procurement approach actively promotes small business participation, aligning with federal goals to expand economic opportunity while ensuring competitive, transparent processes that meet agency needs without compromising quality or compliance. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry), reflecting her deep engagement in services such as vegetation management, wildfire mitigation support, and forest health monitoring. She also frequently procures technical consulting (NAICS 541690), surveying and mapping services (NAICS 541370), and highway and bridge construction (NAICS 237310), demonstrating expertise in managing complex, multi-disciplinary projects that require integration of environmental, engineering, and operational requirements on federal lands.